Tennis-court marker



May 29, 1923. 1,457,163 J. a. HALLER TENNIS COURT MARKER Filed May 25.1922 J HdZZer Patented May 29, 1923. j

JULIAN BI HALLER, or .WYTHEVILLE, vmenvra, j

TENNIS-COURT MARKER.

Application filed May 25,

To all whom it may 00mm.-

Be it known that I, J ULIAN B...HA LER, a citizen of the United States,residing at- Wytheville, in the county of Wythe and State of Virginia,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tennis-CourtMarkers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The invention has relation to a device for marking tennis courtsand hasfor its object the provision of a device of thenature and for thepurpose stated which will admit of the marking drum being easily andreadilysupplied with the markingmaterial without causing anyinconvenience or annoyance.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent and suggest themselves asthe nature of the invention is understood.

While the drawings illustrate an embodiment of the invention it is to beunderstood that in adapting the same to meet different. conditions andrequiremenits,various changes in the form, proportion and minor detailsof construction may be resorted to without departing from the nature ofthe invention.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of theapplication,

Figure 1 is a top plan view of a tennis court marker embodying theinvention,the drum being in section and the outer portion of the handlebroken away,

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the device, the cover being openandthe drum in position to receive a charge ofmarking material, and

Figure 3 is a sectionaldetail of the drum and parts associatedtherewith.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and designated in the several views of the drawings by likereference characters. I

The marking drum comprises a circular wall 1 which is perforated for thedischarge of the marking material such as air slaked lime, marble dustor the like, a circular head 2 secured to one side of the wall 1 and aninner flange 3 attached to the opposite side of the wall 1 and flaredtowards .itsinner, edge 'in an outward direction. Beads or flanges 4 areprovided at opposite sides of the wall 1 and serve in a measure tostiffen and reinforce the drum and support the pole or stick 11 fittedthereto.

1922. Serial No. 563,623.

same when 'trundled over. the ground. 11A. threaded stem 5 is supportedcentrally in the. head 2 and projects outwardly therefrom toprovideajournal 6. j A cover 7 closes :the open side of the drum and itsmarginal poriii I i .i

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tion fits close against the flange?) andqsnuglyf within the bead 4 atthe outer edge of said flange '3. The cover 7 is outwardly dished tocorrespond with a like dish of the head2 with the result that the sidesof the drum' are symmetrical and outwardly bulged. ,A

hollow screw 8 is secured near its outer end I to the cover? by means ofa swivel joint and convenience of rotating the screw by hand.

stem 5 and coacts therewith to securethe cover 7 when fitted to the drumto close the" open side thereof. The, hollow screw 8 pro-' j ects beyondthe outer side ofthe cover? to provide a journal 9 to serve as means forat-. taching the coverto the handle. The hollow screw 8 and threadedstem 5 constitute parts of an axle by meansof which the drum is. pivotedto thehandle. I

The handle comprises a socket 10' and-a- An arm 12 projects from. thesocket l0'and receives the journal 6 of the drum. An arm 13 is pivotedat 1.4 to the socket and its outer end re;

'ceives the journal 9. -The arms 12v and 13" *are spread and constituteelements of a fork,

stem 5, the cover 7 may be swung int-oopen position thereby admitting ofthe'm'arking material being easily and quickly supplied.

annoyance. charged, the cover is swung into closedposition and madesecure by threading the h'ol- I a low screw-8 uponthe threaded stem 5.-Wl1al7iS claimed is: I I

for closing the open side ofthe drum, means for securing the cover inclosed positioma'nd a handle including a fork,ione of the me1n bers ofwhich is pivoted and the drum and cover being journaled to therespective fork I i i I I 110' 1 members.

The hollow screw Smatches the threaded I I I 'to the drum without anyinconvenienceor 1 After the drum has been j 9 cover by the arm 13.v Whenthe hollow 1 screw 8 is disengaged from the, threaded 2. A tennis courtmarker comprising a marking drum having a perforated band periphery andan open side, a removable cover for closing the open side of the drum,means for securing the cover in closed position, said means constitutingan axle by means of which the drum is pivotally mounted, and a handleincluding a fork, one of the mem-V bers of which is pivoted and the drumand cover being journaled to the respective forl members. i

3. A tennis court marker comprising a marking drum having a perforatedband periphery and an open side, a removable cover for closing the openside of the drum, and

means for securing the cover in closed position, said means consistingof a sectional axle, each ofthe sections being applied to the respectiveparts and said sections having screw thread connection, anda handleincluding a fork, one of the members of which is pivoted and the drumand cover being journaled to the respective fork members.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature .in presence of two Witnesses.

JULIAN B. HALLER.

Witnesses v CHARLES Fox GRAHAM, B. M, WOLFENDEN.

